title: Reevaluation of streptococcal infection in the pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease.
abstract: Twenty-five sera from forty-nine children with Kawasaki disease (KD) in the convalescent stage, and 191 sera from controls did not disclose a higher anti-streptolysin O titer; 23 bacterial cultures from the throat swab of KD patients during the acute stage did not show a higher rate of streptococcal isolation. It was therefore concluded that there was no relation between the genesis of KD and direct immediate streptococcal infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*